![Gary Oldman: 'The secret of playing George Smiley was in finding the silhouette of a spy' | John le Carré | The Guardian Gary Oldman: 'The secret of playing George Smiley was in finding the silhouette of a spy' | John le Carré | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Observer/Columnist/Columnists/2011/9/2/1314976715016/gary-oldman-007.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdG8tZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=fc95c57f9a07c7ee5fb78f7d95a1604f)
Gary Oldman: 'The secret of playing George Smiley was in finding the silhouette of a spy' | John le Carré | The Guardian
Gary Oldman playing Moonlight Sonata | Gary Oldman in a fabulous moment as Beethoven playing "Moonlight Sonata" in Immortal Beloved Official 1994. | By Gary Oldman Site | Facebook
![John Sant on Twitter: "📷 Gary Oldman as Ludwig van Beethoven in 'Immortal Beloved' (1994), Dir. Bernard Rose. #GaryOldman #ImmortalBeloved https://t.co/7HtVUkYjug" / Twitter John Sant on Twitter: "📷 Gary Oldman as Ludwig van Beethoven in 'Immortal Beloved' (1994), Dir. Bernard Rose. #GaryOldman #ImmortalBeloved https://t.co/7HtVUkYjug" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeE3rQGWEAAe5_U.jpg)
John Sant on Twitter: "📷 Gary Oldman as Ludwig van Beethoven in 'Immortal Beloved' (1994), Dir. Bernard Rose. #GaryOldman #ImmortalBeloved https://t.co/7HtVUkYjug" / Twitter
![TIL Gary Oldman is an accomplished pianist who was actually playing the piano in Immortal Beloved as Beethoven. (Also that Robert Pattinson plays piano/guitar and his music appears in the first Twilight TIL Gary Oldman is an accomplished pianist who was actually playing the piano in Immortal Beloved as Beethoven. (Also that Robert Pattinson plays piano/guitar and his music appears in the first Twilight](https://external-preview.redd.it/GHIRAmUrCKIeikfyUuQQ9naB0WHwJJ1Yq44leQ4Bbbg.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=5630f99cc5582a0ae1e51c1b7ad8d5c09bac16b9)